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Auburn Tigers

SECAuburn, ALJordan-Hare Stadium

2026: 4–⁠2 (2–⁠2 SEC). Last: won at No. 1 Georgia 27–⁠24. Next: LSU, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.

  1. W 17–⁠16vs. Baylor
  2. W 43–⁠8Southern Miss
  3. L 39–⁠44Florida
  4. W 21–⁠15Vanderbilt
  5. L 14–⁠24at No. 17 Tennessee
  6. W 27–⁠24at No. 1 Georgia
  7. Oct 24LSU
  8. Oct 31at Ole Miss
  9. Nov 7Arkansas
  10. Nov 14at Mississippi State
  11. Nov 21Samford
  12. Nov 28at Alabama
  • Outfitted by Nike
  • Live mascot: War Eagle
  • Sudler Trophy, 2004

Auburn in the news

Auburn has played football since 1892 and is 787–⁠477–⁠43 in the 1,307 games on record here, which start in 1902. Auburn claims nine national championships (1910, 1913, 1914, 1957, 1958, 1983, 1993, 2004, 2010). The Tigers have finished No. 1 in the final AP poll twice, most recently in 2010. They have won eight Southeastern Conference titles (the last in 2013), plus seven Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles, one Southern Conference title, counting shared titles. The Heisman Trophy has been won here three times, most recently by Cam Newton in 2010. Since 1937, the NFL Draft has taken 206 players from here in its first seven rounds, 32 of them in the first round. The AAFC and AFL drafts also took five players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 9 players and 4 coaches from Auburn. Ralph Jordan (1951–⁠1975) won more games here than any other coach: 175. The most-played rival is Georgia: 130 meetings, Georgia leads 66–⁠56–⁠8. This season, under Alex Golesh, they’re 4–⁠2.

Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn
Jordan-Hare StadiumPhoto: Auburn Alumni Association, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On this date in 2024Auburn lost to No. 19 Missouri 21–⁠17 on the road.

Résumé

All-time record
822–⁠488–⁠47 official; 787–⁠477–⁠43 on file; how we count
Postseason
24–⁠23 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
2
Weeks at No. 1
7 of 558 ranked
Elo now
1558 50th of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 22 · Composite No. 35 in FBS, Oct 17; up 10 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
2004 rated 1789
Conference titles
16 last in 2013
Bowl record
24–⁠21–⁠2 official, bowls only
Seasons
124 since 1902, 1,307 games

Identity

Fight song
War Eagle
Mascot
Aubie
Band
Auburn University Marching Band since 1897, 380 members

2026 season 4–⁠2

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsBaylorW 17–⁠1653%
Sep 12vsSouthern MissW 43–⁠866%
Sep 19vsFloridaL 39–⁠4458%
Sep 26vsVanderbiltW 21–⁠1540%
Oct 3at17TennesseeL 14–⁠2432%
Oct 17at1GeorgiaW 27–⁠2415%
Oct 24vsLSUPreview45%
Oct 31atOle MissPreview21%
Nov 7vsArkansasPreview68%
Nov 14atMississippi StatePreview47%
Nov 21vsSamfordPreview94%
Nov 28atAlabamaPreview25%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Auburn’s Elo through 2026: 1513 going into the opener, 1558 after the latest game.1500152515501575Elo 1513 going in; beat Baylor 17–16Elo 1519 going in; beat Southern Miss 43–8Elo 1542 going in; lost to Florida 44–39Elo 1521 going in; beat Vanderbilt 21–15Elo 1545 going in; lost to Tennessee 24–14Elo 1530 going in; beat Georgia 27–24Now: Elo 1558 after the latest game1558
BaylorSouthern MissFloridaVanderbiltTennesseeGeorgiaNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Future schedule

2027–⁠34
20273 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20283 games: 3 home, non-conference only
20293 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20301 game: 1 home, non-conference only
20311 game: 1 home, non-conference only
20321 game: 1 home, non-conference only
20341 game: 1 home, non-conference only

Auburn’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of July 30, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookAll-time letterwinnersThe money

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Auburn.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Nike · Official source
Mascot
Aubie · Official source
Live mascot
War Eagle (golden eagle) · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Joel Gordon · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Nike, July 2025 through 2035. 10 years. Ended an 18-year run with Under Armour.

Before: Under Armour, through June 2025.

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1902

Best seasons ever
Auburn end-of-season Elo from 1902 to 2026, best in 2004 at 1789.13001500170019001920194019601980200020202004 peak: Elo 1789
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team. Filled dots: finished No. 1 in the AP poll.

On Bluesky

From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Alex Golesh20264–⁠2
D.J. Durkin20251–⁠2
Hugh Freeze2023–⁠202515–⁠19
Cadillac Williams20222–⁠2
Bryan Harsin2021–⁠20229–⁠12
Kevin Steele20200–⁠1
Gus Malzahn2013–⁠202068–⁠35
Gene Chizik2009–⁠201233–⁠19
Tommy Tuberville1999–⁠200885–⁠40
Bill Oliver19982–⁠3
Terry Bowden1993–⁠199847–⁠17–⁠1
Pat Dye1981–⁠199299–⁠39–⁠4
Doug Barfield1976–⁠198027–⁠27–⁠1
Ralph Jordan1951–⁠1975175–⁠83–⁠7
Earl Brown1948–⁠19503–⁠22–⁠4
Carl Voyles1944–⁠194715–⁠22
Jack Meagher1934–⁠194248–⁠37–⁠10
Chet Wynne1930–⁠193322–⁠15–⁠2
Johnny Floyd19290–⁠4
George Bohler1928–⁠19293–⁠11
David Morey1925–⁠192710–⁠10–⁠1
Boozer Pitts1923–⁠19277–⁠11–⁠6
Mike Donahue1904–⁠1922100–⁠35–⁠5
William Kienholz19076–⁠2–⁠1
Billy Bates19034–⁠3
M.H. Harvey19020–⁠2
Ralph S. Kent19022–⁠2–⁠1

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesAUB record
Georgia13056–⁠66–⁠8 ‡
Mississippi State9766–⁠28–⁠2 †
Georgia Tech8642–⁠41–⁠3
Florida8644–⁠40–⁠2
Alabama9037–⁠52–⁠1 ‡
LSU5723–⁠30–⁠1 †
Tennessee5428–⁠23–⁠3
Clemson5033–⁠15–⁠2

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, LSU, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Tulane.

Every opponent (143)

Every program Auburn has played, A to Z, with Auburn’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

16, counting shared titles
Southeastern Conference 8
1957, 1983, 1987, 1988 (shared), 1989 (shared), 2004, 2010, 2013
Southern Conference 1
1932 (shared)
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association 7
1900 (shared), 1904 (shared), 1908 (shared), 1910 (shared), 1913, 1914 (shared), 1919
SEC West 10
1993 (tied), 1997 (tied), 2000, 2001 (tied), 2002 (tied), 2004, 2005 (tied), 2010, 2013 (tied), 2017 (tied)

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1892–⁠1894
  2. SIAA 1895–⁠1921
  3. SEC 1933–⁠1942 and since 1944
  • 1932Joined the SEC from the SoCon. Source

Auburn’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2014Reese Dismukes CRimington
2013Gus Malzahn coachEddie Robinson, Bear Bryant Award
2010Cam Newton QBHeisman, Maxwell, Walter Camp, Davey O’Brien, Manning
2010Nick Fairley DTLombardi
2010Gene Chizik coachBear Bryant Award
2010Gus Malzahn coachBroyles Award
2004Carlos Rogers CBThorpe
2004Tommy Tuberville coachWalter Camp Coach, Bear Bryant Award
2004Gene Chizik coachBroyles Award
1993Terry Bowden coachEddie Robinson, Walter Camp Coach, Bear Bryant Award
1988Tracy Rocker DTOutland, Lombardi
1985Bo Jackson RBHeisman, Walter Camp
1971Pat Sullivan QBHeisman, Walter Camp
1958Zeke Smith OGOutland

Consensus All-Americans 31

2019Derrick Brown DL
2014Reese Dismukes OL
2010Cam Newton QB
2010Lee Ziemba OT
2010Nick Fairley DT
2005Marcus McNeill OL
2004Carlos Rogers DB
2001Damon Duval K
1994Brian Robinson DB
1993Terry Daniel P
1993Wayne Gandy OT
1990David Rocker DT
1990Ed King OG
1988Tracy Rocker DT
1987Aundray Bruce LB
1987Tracy Rocker DT
1986Ben Tamburello C
1986Brent Fullwood RB
1985Bo Jackson RB
1984Gregg Carr LB
1983Bo Jackson RB
1974Ken Bernich LB
1971Pat Sullivan QB
1971Terry Beasley WR
1970Larry Willingham DB
1969Buddy McClinton DB
1964Tucker Frederickson RB
1960Ken Rice OT
1958Zeke Smith OG
1957Jim Phillips E
1932Jimmy Hitchcock RB

Led the nation 6

2010Onterio McCalebb yards per carry (8.5)
1986Brent Fullwood yards per carry (8.3)
1982Lionel James punt return average (15.8)
1970Pat Sullivan total offense per game (285.6)
1956Tommy Lorino yards per carry (8.4)
1946Travis Tidwell total offense (1,715 yds), total offense per game (171.5)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
1960Ed Dyas FB4th

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
9
Coaches
4
2025Gregg Carr LB
2009Ed Dyas FB
2006Pat Dye coach here, 1981–⁠1992
2004Tracy Rocker DT
1998Bo Jackson RB
1994Tucker Frederickson RB
1991Pat Sullivan QB
1986Terry Beasley WR
1982Ralph Jordan coach here, 1951–⁠1975
1956Walter Gilbert C
1954Jimmy Hitchcock RB
1954John Heisman coach, career 1892–⁠1927
1951Mike Donahue coach here, 1904–⁠1922

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
206 since 1937
First-round picks
32
AAFC and AFL picks
5 1947, 1961–⁠64
2026Keldric Faulk DENo. 31, Tennessee Titans
2020Derrick Brown DTNo. 7, Carolina Panthers
2020Noah Igbinoghene CBNo. 30, Miami Dolphins
2014Greg Robinson OTNo. 2, St. Louis Rams
2014Dee Ford DENo. 23, Kansas City Chiefs
2011Cam Newton QBNo. 1, Carolina Panthers
2011Nick Fairley DTNo. 13, Detroit Lions
2007Ben Grubbs OGNo. 29, Baltimore Ravens

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

Auburn University
Enrollment
34,145 27,907 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Auburn, Alabama
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1856
Graduates’ median earnings
$65,337 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @AuburnFootballInstagram @auburnfootballFacebook FootballAU

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones auburntigers.com lists for its football program, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Voices

play-by-play
  1. from 1981Jim Fyffe radio
  2. from 2013Rod Bramblett

With them: Pat Sullivan (analyst, from 1986), Stan White (analyst, from 2001).

From the announcers’ Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA), with the years as each article gives them: those in Wikipedia’s Auburn football announcers category, and any whose article names them the program’s play-by-play voice. Television network crews and announcers whose articles give no years are left out.

On the newsreel

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Films and books

On film

In books

And 17 more

Films: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia’s lists and categories (CC BY-SA), about the program, its seasons, games and rivalries. Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions

Shaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Auburn (9 claimed).

SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20264–⁠22–⁠2Alex Golesh155811.0
20255–⁠71–⁠7Hugh Freeze, D.J. Durkin151911.6
20245–⁠72–⁠6Hugh Freeze14929.5
20236–⁠73–⁠5Hugh Freeze15057.6
20225–⁠72–⁠6Bryan Harsin, Cadillac Williams15105.1
20216–⁠73–⁠5Bryan Harsin154811.0
20206–⁠56–⁠411Gus Malzahn, Kevin Steele160312.6
20199–⁠45–⁠31614Gus Malzahn167021.0
20188–⁠53–⁠59Gus Malzahn166923.6
201710–⁠47–⁠11210Gus Malzahn172124.7
20168–⁠55–⁠324Gus Malzahn164715.3
20157–⁠62–⁠66Gus Malzahn161014.6
20148–⁠54–⁠4622Gus Malzahn166624.2
201312–⁠27–⁠12Gus Malzahn171825.2
20123–⁠90–⁠8Gene Chizik14584.8
20118–⁠54–⁠423Gene Chizik16419.0
201014–⁠08–⁠0221Gene Chizik178226.5
20098–⁠53–⁠5Gene Chizik157117.4
20085–⁠72–⁠610Tommy Tuberville15371.4
20079–⁠45–⁠31815Tommy Tuberville164620.7
200611–⁠26–⁠249Tommy Tuberville167819.4
20059–⁠37–⁠11614Tommy Tuberville170320.7
200413–⁠08–⁠0172Tommy Tuberville178927.3
20038–⁠55–⁠36Tommy Tuberville162417.9
20029–⁠45–⁠314Tommy Tuberville164519.2
Every season back to 1902 (99 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20017–⁠55–⁠3Tommy Tuberville15208.5
20009–⁠46–⁠218Tommy Tuberville160312.8
19995–⁠62–⁠6Tommy Tuberville15399.8
19983–⁠81–⁠725Terry Bowden, Bill Oliver15067.4
199710–⁠36–⁠21611Terry Bowden166322.5
19968–⁠44–⁠41724Terry Bowden162211.2
19958–⁠45–⁠3622Terry Bowden165016.1
19949–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1119Terry Bowden170819.5
199311–⁠08–⁠04Terry Bowden169220.0
19925–⁠5–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1Pat Dye1503-0.5
19915–⁠62–⁠517Pat Dye15509.0
19908–⁠3–⁠14–⁠2–⁠1319Pat Dye167211.3
198910–⁠26–⁠186Pat Dye176924.0
198810–⁠26–⁠178Pat Dye175723.5
19879–⁠1–⁠25–⁠0–⁠157Pat Dye175325.2
198610–⁠24–⁠2146Pat Dye173123.7
19858–⁠43–⁠32Pat Dye167923.0
19849–⁠44–⁠2114Pat Dye171518.1
198311–⁠16–⁠053Pat Dye176230.1
19829–⁠34–⁠214Pat Dye163115.4
19815–⁠62–⁠4Pat Dye15306.1
19805–⁠60–⁠619Doug Barfield15336.8
19798–⁠34–⁠216Doug Barfield162814.2
19786–⁠4–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1Doug Barfield15335.4
19775–⁠64–⁠2Doug Barfield14957.1
19763–⁠82–⁠4Doug Barfield14713.9
19753–⁠6–⁠21–⁠4–⁠18Ralph Jordan15316.8
197410–⁠24–⁠28Ralph Jordan168024.2
19736–⁠62–⁠513Ralph Jordan15808.2
197210–⁠16–⁠15Ralph Jordan175622.7
19719–⁠25–⁠1612Ralph Jordan169123.6
19709–⁠25–⁠22010Ralph Jordan170827.9
19698–⁠35–⁠22020Ralph Jordan1688
19687–⁠44–⁠216Ralph Jordan1644
19676–⁠43–⁠3Ralph Jordan1563
19664–⁠61–⁠5Ralph Jordan1481
19655–⁠5–⁠14–⁠1–⁠1Ralph Jordan1550
19646–⁠43–⁠38Ralph Jordan1593
19639–⁠26–⁠15Ralph Jordan1648
19626–⁠3–⁠14–⁠3Ralph Jordan1547
19616–⁠43–⁠4Ralph Jordan1614
19608–⁠25–⁠21213Ralph Jordan1649
19597–⁠34–⁠33Ralph Jordan1672
19589–⁠0–⁠16–⁠0–⁠154Ralph Jordan1729
195710–⁠07–⁠0151Ralph Jordan1722
19567–⁠34–⁠3Ralph Jordan1610
19558–⁠2–⁠15–⁠1–⁠1178Ralph Jordan1613
19548–⁠33–⁠313Ralph Jordan1653
19537–⁠3–⁠14–⁠2–⁠117Ralph Jordan1545
19522–⁠80–⁠7Ralph Jordan1337
19515–⁠53–⁠4Ralph Jordan1364
19500–⁠100–⁠7Earl Brown1259
19492–⁠4–⁠32–⁠4–⁠2Earl Brown1386
19481–⁠8–⁠10–⁠7Earl Brown1284
19472–⁠71–⁠5Carl Voyles1315
19464–⁠61–⁠5Carl Voyles1387
19455–⁠52–⁠3Carl Voyles1441
19444–⁠40–⁠4Carl Voyles1511
19426–⁠4–⁠13–⁠316Jack Meagher1592
19414–⁠5–⁠10–⁠4–⁠1Jack Meagher1539
19406–⁠4–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1Jack Meagher1582
19395–⁠5–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1Jack Meagher1559
19384–⁠5–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1Jack Meagher1591
19376–⁠2–⁠34–⁠1–⁠220Jack Meagher1655
19367–⁠2–⁠24–⁠1–⁠1Jack Meagher1605
19358–⁠25–⁠2Jack Meagher1612
19342–⁠81–⁠6Jack Meagher1425
19335–⁠52–⁠2Chet Wynne1538
19329–⁠0–⁠16–⁠0–⁠1Chet Wynne1627
19315–⁠3–⁠13–⁠3Chet Wynne1487
19303–⁠71–⁠6Chet Wynne1365
19292–⁠70–⁠7George Bohler, Johnny Floyd1302
19281–⁠80–⁠7George Bohler1288
19270–⁠7–⁠20–⁠6–⁠1David Morey, Boozer Pitts1332
19265–⁠43–⁠3David Morey1436
19255–⁠3–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1David Morey1493
19244–⁠4–⁠12–⁠4–⁠1Boozer Pitts1488
19233–⁠3–⁠30–⁠1–⁠3Boozer Pitts1527
19228–⁠22–⁠1Mike Donahue1608
19215–⁠33–⁠2Mike Donahue1573
19207–⁠23–⁠2Mike Donahue1618
19198–⁠15–⁠1Mike Donahue1572
19182–⁠50–⁠2Mike Donahue1398
19176–⁠2–⁠15–⁠1Mike Donahue1622
19166–⁠26–⁠2Mike Donahue1626
19156–⁠25–⁠1Mike Donahue1670
19148–⁠0–⁠14–⁠0–⁠1Mike Donahue1742
19138–⁠07–⁠0Mike Donahue1755
19126–⁠1–⁠15–⁠1–⁠1Mike Donahue1661
19114–⁠2–⁠13–⁠0–⁠1Mike Donahue1623
19106–⁠15–⁠0Mike Donahue1663
19095–⁠23–⁠1Mike Donahue1601
19086–⁠13–⁠1Mike Donahue1608
19076–⁠2–⁠13–⁠1–⁠1William Kienholz1515
19061–⁠5–⁠10–⁠3Mike Donahue1426
19052–⁠42–⁠3Mike Donahue1494
19046–⁠03–⁠0Mike Donahue1567
19034–⁠31–⁠2Billy Bates1454
19022–⁠4–⁠11–⁠3–⁠1Ralph S. Kent, M.H. Harvey1470

Officially 822–⁠488–⁠47 since 1892 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 787–⁠477–⁠43 (−35 wins, −11 losses, −4 ties). Our file starts in 1902; the program began in 1892. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1943: wartime seasons, when many programs didn’t play.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.